Sun Microsystems Ultra 40 Workstation

• Producer: Sun Microsystems
• Model: Ultra 40
• Code: A71
• Codename: Sirius
• CPUs: 2x AMD Opteron Dual Core 280
• CPU Freq: 2.8 GHz
• Grafik: Quadro FX 3500
• RAM: 8GiB PC3200 DDR-400 ECC
• HDDs: 2x 465GiB
• Power Supply: 1000W

The hardware is detailed in this gist.

HDD Brackets

The SUN SPUD brackets work. I bought two additional ones with the article nr. 540-6562.

Resources

• Sun Ultra series on Wikipedia
• Sun Ultra 40 Workstation HTML Service Manual – For Ultra 40 and Ultra 40 M2
• Reviews:
  • http://www.sunhelp.org/review-hardware-u20/ and
  • http://www.kev009.com/wp/2009/12/sun-ultra-27-review-the-ultimate-linux-workstation/

A couple of PDF documents on the hardware:

• Sun Ultra Workstation Comparison Table NVIDIA
• Ultra 40 and 40 M2 Data Sheet
• Ultra 40 Workstation Service Manual 820-0123-13